The following Legislative Activity took place, February 8, 2018:
Excludes deferred compensation of certain public school and federal tax-exempt organization employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Requires board of education to enter into agreement with law enforcement authorities regarding access to live video streams of public school buildings.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Directs Commissioner of Education to encourage implementation of Natural High Drug Prevention Program in school districts.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Increases penalties for injuring school crossing guard or student pedestrian in crosswalk.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
Requires individuals appointed to serve as school anti-bullying specialist and district anti-bullying coordinator to serve in those capacities full-time.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires boards of education to conduct student vision screenings that include evaluation of visual acuity and binocular vision.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunity at county college for certain high school students.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,100,000 to DOE to provide additional State school aid to Manchester Regional School District.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires school district monitoring system, New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC), to include assessment of number of district employees trained in administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires public and nonpublic schools, local recreation departments, and youth serving organizations to have licensed athletic trainer present at youth athletic events.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes independent Office of Comptroller of Education and removes authority of State Comptroller with regard to oversight of boards of education.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes temperature control guidelines and standards for school facilities.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits high performing school districts to be monitored by the DOE under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) every seven years rather than every three years.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires evaluation for, and abatement of, mold hazards in school buildings.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee
Imposes mandatory fine and education requirement for prostitution offenses committed within 500 feet of a school, registered day care or licensed child care facility property; creates fund.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Authorizes local units of government subject to "Local Public Contracts Law" and "Public School Contracts Law" to use electronic procurement technologies.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Allows certain joint insurance funds to make certain investments and to form certain investment programs; authorizes school districts and local units of government to deposit public funds into multiple FDIC-insured accounts.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes pilot program in DOE to address school climate issues related to harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes school breakfast kiosk pilot program.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits home-schooling of children under DCPP care, custody, or supervision without DCPP approval.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits school bus from stopping for students at certain locations.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Task Force.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Expresses Legislature's intent that school districts and public institutions of higher education continue to act as safe zones and protect identities and data related to undocumented students and families.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
Constitutes Joint Committee on the Public Schools as special committee to investigate operation of Newark School District in regard to its ability to ensure students thorough and efficient education; grants committee subpoena power.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Urges high schools, colleges, and universities to provide students with information on meningococcal disease.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee
Designates September of each year as "School Absentee Awareness Month."
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Designates school week immediately following second Sunday in May, Mother's Day, each year as "School Garden week."
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Urges school districts to use USDA MyPlate program and information technology to promote and monitor student nutrition as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Urges DOE and school districts to develop creative solutions to address chronic absenteeism.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits school district to provide aid in-lieu-of transportation if cost of transporting pupil to county vocational school district located outside county of residence exceeds aid in-lieu-of amount.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires DOE to develop registry of high school student-athletes who sustain concussions or other head injuries.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires nonpublic secondary schools and independent institutions of higher education to make payment to school districts for educational costs of students residing in tax-exempt housing upon adoption of resolution by municipal governing body.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Directs school districts to permit students to use sunscreen at school and allows school employees to assist with sunscreen application in certain circumstances.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Revises mileage limit for mandatory school transportation for students in preschool through grade four.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires DOE to train teachers and administrators and monitor districts on bias and discrimination in special education classification.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires each school district to annually submit interscholastic athletic opportunity report to the Commissioner of Education.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires certain schools to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by school nurse or trained employee.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop lists of approved testing vendors and commercially-developed standardized assessments for use by public school districts.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
